70-914-6 Clean Up, UPDATE - Paint and Prep - Black and milky white-ish Options

[ctc911ctc]

1970, 914-6, 93K miles - excellent shape, very minor rust

I will post to this thread occasionally as I move through this project, I have asked for guidance and received many good thoughts from this team - thank you 914World

I am in the midst of removing the engine and transmission. All original. There is oil everywhere, not flowing but seeping - seems that the valve covers are not tightened or have loosened with age. Here are the first pics:

On the rack - hopefully not for long:



Shift Assembly is very clean, no wear, bushings are in good shape but all of them will be replaced







Heat exchangers have no holes in the pipes that I could find, the surrounding tin has been treated with anti-rust leakage - perhaps this was the plan in Stuttgart?







No plans to change the exhaust system - any guidance as to cleaning or preservation?

All comments and guidance appreciated - engine coming down on Friday

[ctc911ctc]

Today Did the leak down test, only could do one side - and the meter I bought is CRAP, very difficult to get the system to set to zero, estimating

#4 - 28
#5 - 27
#6 - 23

Engine ran strong this fall - not going in any deeper on this side.... ; )

I got the fan out and it now looks like this:
I plan on having it vapro blasted, seems that the stuff I have been using (came with the ultrasonic cleaning machine) is salt based - perhaps that is all of the white crust.....sigh......

NOTE: One blade is cleaner, spent 20 minutes on it with steel wool, hence my decision to vapor blast



My shroud/tin bolts after cleaning look like this:



Next thing to clean!